Extras
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – A Cumbersome Christmas – PT 15
By Bruce Williams Fifty years ago, when Eliisabet and Peeter moved to Cumbersome to be closer to the ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – FATHERS DAY – PT 13
By Bruce Williams Technically, my father didn't die on fathers day. He fell face down into the flowerbed, ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – HEAVY HELEN – PT 14
By Bruce Williams Walking into the Viceroy, I find Heavy Helen, as ever, in animated conversation. This arvo, ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – MOTHER – PT 12
By Bruce Williams The world's stupidest man loved his mother. Scottie, who drank at every pub in Cumbersome ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – CHEATING – PT 11
By Bruce Williams 'So I said to him: 'Ernie, would you ever have an affair''. And do you ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – RENOVATIONS – PT 10
By Bruce Williams Up and down our street the blue-and-white signs are proliferating. Blue-and-white diagrams with a blue-lettered ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – TRISTAN – PT 9
By Bruce Williams We've come back from church, Lisa and I. Lisa is a cleaner; I am clean. Two ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – BEFORE MARRIAGE – PT 8
By Bruce Williams Across the road from the kiddie park in Camperdown, they bake the pies favoured by ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – MORE SEX – PT 7
By Bruce Williams Fred sits on his full schooner of cider until I'm a sip from finishing my ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER -SEX – PT 6
By Bruce Williams Love is equal parts longing and fear. Equal parts desire and disappointment. Equal parts ' ... Read more
Arts & Entertainment
Music
ALI FARKA TOURE & TOUMANI DIABATE - ALI FARKA TOURE & TOUMANI DIABATE
A follow-up to the hugely successful In ...
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ALI FARKA TOURE & TOUMANI DIABATE - ALI FARKA TOURE & TOUMANI DIABATE
A follow-up to the hugely successful In ...
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HOUSE OF CARDS - JAMES KEELAGHAN
There are some who refer to James ...
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Theatre
THEATRE: S-27
You might recognise Caroline Craig from favourite ...
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THEATRE: THE LARAMIE PROJECT
"The issues at the heart of this ...
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THEATRE: CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIRLS
The sixties: a time of social and ...
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Events
BE PART OF THE SYDNEY FRINGE FESTIVAL
Recently I attended a talk at which ...
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SOUND OF MUSIC SING-A-LONG
"It's unusual for us in a modern-day ...
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JOHN WATERS' THIS FILTHY WORLD
The King of Camp Cult. The Pope ...
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Comedy
COMEDY: GODZONE
Max Gillies is one our most recognisable ...
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THEATRE: COMEDY & CABARET
Mixing deep sea habitats, outlandish cabaret starlets ...
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COMEDY: PETER HELLIAR’S DREAMBOAT
"Did you know Tiger Woods' nickname at ...
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Books
PECHA KUCHA 20x20 FOR HAITI
Like most great things in this world, ...
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MANDY SAYER'S AUSTRALIAN LONG STORY
Let's face it; loads of people don't ...
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TALKS: SYDNEY IDEAS
Thinking about public lectures, I find myself ...
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Exhibitions
EXHIBITION: SLEEPERS
My housemate just bought a cute little ...
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GAFFA GALLERY
It seems the time has come for ...
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EXHIBITION: JOSEPH KOSUTH
Conceptual art couldn't get more conceptual than ...
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Movies
MOVIE: THE WHITE RIBBON (German: Das Weiße Band)
Michael Haneke is a huge tease. Case ...
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MOVIE: CIRQUE DU FREAK
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, directed ...
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MOVIE: SEPARATION CITY
It seems film makers, along with novelists ...
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